document.write( "Question 996826: Five prizes are to be given to five different people in a group of seventeen. In how many ways can a first prize, a second prize, a third prize and two fourth prizes be given? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Choose the first prize winner as any one of 17 people.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the second prize winner as any one of the \r\n" );
document.write( "remaining 16 people.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the third prize winner as any one of the \r\n" );
document.write( "remaining 15 people.\r\n" );
document.write( "Choose the two fourth prize winners as any combination\r\n" );
document.write( "of 2 of the remaining 14 ways.  That's 14C2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: (17)(16)(15)(14C2) = 371280\r\n" );
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